Shirt Happenz Screen Print Enjoys First Summer on Rte. 3

WEST GREENWICH, RI — Shirt Happenz screen print studio has its new sign and a growing client base at its new 45 Nooseneck Hill Road shop, the result of two guys who met at Coventry High School in 1990 and share a dream of putting art on everything from clothing to mugs and signs.

Robb Harrington and Pete Vellucci’s 40-year friendship has plenty of room for friendly digs at the other’s expense.

‘I was cool. He wasn’t,’ Vellucci said.

“I had better hair,” said Harrington.

The pair opened their shop in May at the 45 Nooseneck Hill Road, Unit 16, West Greenwich location. Before that, they were working as parts delivery drivers for Tasca Ford to New York. They’d been talking about starting a screen print studio since 2015 until early 2025.

“In January, they laid us off,” Vellucci said.

“I said, let’s just do it now,” Harrington said.

They found a spot, in the former home of another print studio that had outgrown the space, and set up the inside with a design desktop computer, screen printing equipment and were ready to go, with only a few weeks to wait on their new sign, which arrived and was installed May 3.

Shirt Happenz offers custom t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, caps, mugs and other merchandise. The pair report a the neighbors are friendly and have started sending business their way.

“People enjoy what we do,” Robb said, which includes making jokes at each other’s expense while they work.

Shirt Happenz, located at 45 Nooseneck Hill Road, Unit 16, West Greenwich, can be reached via the Shirt Happenz Facebook Page or by phone: 401-227-9990.